The Essential Collection

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1Just You and Me, Darling
recording of:
Just You and Me, Darling
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc. and Lark Music Ltd.
James Brown & The Famous Flames2:51
2I Love You, Yes I Do
arranger:
Sol Marcus, Edward Seiler and Guy Wood
cover recording of:
I Love You, Yes I Do (on 1961-02-10)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Glover and Sally Nix
James Brown & The Famous Flames2:49
3I Don’t Mind
recording of:
I Don’t Mind (on 1960-09-27)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Jadar Music Corp. and Wisto Publishing Co.
James Brown & The Famous Flames2:48
4Come Over Here
recording of:
Come Over Here
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown & The Famous Flames2:48
5The Bells
cover recording of:
The Bells
writer:
Rose Marks and Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
James Brown & The Famous Flames3:01
6Love Don’t Love Nobody
cover recording of:
Love Don't Love Nobody (on 1960-09-27)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (until 1950-06-15)
James Brown & The Famous Flames2:10
7Dancin’ Little Thing
recording of:
Dancin’ Little Thing (on 1961-02-09)
writer:
Hank Ballard
James Brown & The Famous Flames2:19
8Lost Someone
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1961-02-09)
bass:
Hubert Perry (US bassist) (on 1961-02-09)
guitar:
Les Buie (on 1961-02-09)
membranophone:
Nat Kendrick (on 1961-02-09)
organ:
Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group) (on 1961-02-09)
tenor saxophone:
J.C. Davis (on 1961-02-09)
trumpet:
Roscoe Patrick (on 1961-02-09)
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1961-02-09)
orchestra:
The James Brown Band (on 1961-02-09)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1961-02-09)
recording of:
Lost Someone (on 1961-02-09)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group) and Lloyd Stallworth
James Brown & The Famous Flames3:06
9And I Do Just What I Want
recording of:
And I Do Just What I Want
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown & The Famous Flames32:25
10So Long
cover recording of:
So Long
writer:
Remus Harris, Irving Melsher and Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader)
James Brown & The Famous Flames42:50
11You Don’t Have to Go
recording of:
You Don’t Have to Go
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown & The Famous Flames2:47
12Tell Me What You’re Gonna Do
James Brown & The Famous Flames2:09
2▼CD
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1Give It Up, Turn It Loose
recording of:
Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt
publisher:
Dynatone Publishing Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
1:50
2Too Funky in Here
recording of:
It’s Too Funky in Here
lyricist and composer:
George Jackson (US soul songwriter/vocalist), Robert Alton Miller (songwriter and multi-instrumentalist), Brad Shapiro (Producer, arranger, bass player and songwriter) and Walter N. Shaw (composer, lyricist)
publisher:
Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing
5:21
3Gonna Have a Funky Good Time
recording of:
Doing It to Death (a.k.a. Gonna Have a Funky Good Time)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Belinda Music Inc., Dynatone Pub. Co. and Unichappell & Co.
3:52
4Try Me
live recording of:
Try Me (in 1985)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
4:47
5Get on the Good Foot
recording of:
Get on the Good Foot
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Joseph Mims and Fred Wesley
3:01
6Get Up Offa That Thing
recording of:
Get Up Offa That Thing
lyricist and composer:
Deanna Brown (James Brown’s daughter), Deidre Brown (was James Brown second spouse) and Yamma Brown (James Brown’s daughter)
publisher:
Belinda Music Inc., Dynatone Publishing Co., Intersong Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:27
7Hot Pants
recording of:
Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
0:57
8I Got the Feeling
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
alto saxophone:
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (in 1968-01)
baritone saxophone:
St. Clair Pinckney (in 1968-01)
bass:
Bernard Odum (in 1968-01)
guitar:
Alphonso "Country" Kellum (in 1968-01) and Jimmy Nolen (in 1968-01)
membranophone:
Clyde Stubblefield (in 1968-01)
tenor saxophone:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist) (in 1968-01)
trombone:
Levi Rasbury (in 1968-01)
trumpet:
Joe Dupars (in 1968-01) and Waymon Reed (in 1968-01)
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (in 1968-01)
performer:
James Brown Orchestra
recorded at:
Vox Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1968-01)
recording of:
I Got the Feelin’ (in 1968-01)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
2:39
9It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
recording of:
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Betty Jean Newsome
4:30
10Cold Sweat
recording of:
Cold Sweat
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Pee Wee Ellis
1:05
11I Can’t Stand It
recording of:
I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
lyricist, writer and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
2:00
12Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
recording of:
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
2:16
13I Feel Good
cover recording of:
I Found You (a.k.a. I Got You (I Feel Good))
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Co, Hudson Bay Music Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Trio Music Co., Inc. and Try Me Inc.
3:32
14Please Please Please
live recording of:
Please, Please, Please
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Johnny Terry (bass vocals, member of James Brown & The Famous Flames)
publisher:
Intersong Music, Intersong Music Ltd. and Jadar Music Corp.
3:50
15Jam
recording of:
Jam
writer:
Deidre Brown (was James Brown second spouse) and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
5:03